Kiai — #10489 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kiai

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Kiai between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiai currently holds the #10489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kiai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kiai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 49 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.